Berlin 21-22 March 2013
The FIRED-uP project will be presented on 22 March during session 7 – PPI-Pilot Projects.
For the full programme: http://www.frp.nrw.de/frp2/en/fpa/evt/aga/?v=777
Public procurement accounts for some 19% of GDP in the European Union and offers an enormous potential market for innovative products and services. Several EU countries have participated successfully in a pioneering set of programmes with European public sector partners to spread best practice in new approaches for the procurement of R&D, innovative products and services.
This high level event will offer an opportunity to hear first hand from the European Commission and Member States how they are supporting the implementation of Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) and Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP). In other words, how public purchasers (and private procurers) are enabled to buy better and/or cheaper products and services while at the same time boosting innovation.
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